Shoe and tread member thereof.



H. F. CRAWFORD. SHOE AND TRBAD MEMBER THEREOP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.20, 1913. 1,072,91 6. Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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SHOE AND TREAD MEMBER THEREGF.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application filed February 20, 1913. Serial No. 749,612.

To allwwm t mag/concern:

Be 1t known that I, HARVEY F. CRAWFORD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and marginal tread portion located outside said tap, said body having a raised seat above the tap and a depressed seat outside the tap.

The invention consists in the improvements which l will now proceed to describe and claim.

0f the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a plan View of the upper side of a sole embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a longitudinal section showing a portion of a welted shoe in which the sole shown by the preceding figures is incorporated. Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5 5 of.Fig. 4. Fig. 6 represents a view similar to Fig. 5 showing the construction employed in a McKay sewed shoe. Fig. 7 represents a tread member embodying the invention adapted to be used as a top lift for a heel. Fig. 8 represents a section online 3 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 represents a modication.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, which rep-A resent an outer sole having a forepart, a heel part and an intermediate shank part,

the body portion of the sole being preferf, ably formed from a single piece of leather, 12 represents an upwardly projecting boss formed on the forepart of the sole, said boss being formed by pressure between suitably formed surfaces. The upper surface of the boss forms a raised seat for an inner sole 13 (Figs. 4, 54 and 6). The material of the sole surrounding the boss is /depressed to form the margln of a cavlty l portions of material of the i D .portions in the embodiment of the invention adapted to receive a tap 14, and to also form a depressed marginal seat 15 adapted to support the edge of the upper 16 and the welt 17, as shown by Figs. 4 and 5, or to support the inwardly turned Iedge of the upper 16a of the McKay sewed shoe, as sho-wn by Fig. 6. rlhe tap 14 is preferably made of rubber, although it may be made of any other suitable material and may be secured in the said recess by any suitable means such as cement or stitches.

The margin of the inner sole 13 overhangs the depressed seat 15. ln a welted shoe the usual channel lip 18 on the inner sole, which is united to the upper 16 and welt 17 I by the usual inseam stitches 19, bears on the depressed seat 15, the edge of the upper and the under side of the welt also bearing on said seat.

lt will be seen that the raised seat formed by the upper side of theboss 12, bears directly against the under side of the inner sole 13, so that the employment of the usual filling of plastic material between the inner and outer soles of a welted shoe is obsole overhangs the depressed seat 15 in both the welt and McKay'types, the depressed seat 15 in a welt shoe directly supporting the overhanging port-ion ofthe inner sole through the lip 18, and in a McKay shoe indirectly supporting said overhanging portion through the inwardly turned edge of lthe upper 16a.

The -heel Vpart of the outer sole 1s preferably provided with an upwardlyprojectmg boss 21, which is surrounded rby depressed heel part, said shown by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 including a deressed marginal seat 22 and a bent or emossed portion 23 extending across the sole and forming the breast of a spring heel. tap' 24, preferably of rubber, is secured 1n the recess formed by the boss 21 and the dev pressed portions of the heel part.

25 represents a UA-shaped rand, preferably of leather, formed to bear on the depressed seat 22, the ends of the rand being beveled as shown at 25a and bearing on the upper side of the embossed portion .23.

The upper sides of the boss 21 and rand 25 are substantially iush with each other and they collectively forma support for the heel portion of the inner sole 13 and for the inwardly bent margin of the heel portion of the upper, said margin being interposed between the rand 25 and the overhanging portion of the inner sole, and united thereto and to the depressed seat 22 by through fastenings 26.

The edges 27 of the shank portion ofthe sole between the bosses 12 and 21 are suiiiciently flexible to be secured to the welt, upper and inner sole in a welted shoe, and to the inner sole and upper of a McKay sewed shoe by the usual methods, so that the space or crevice 28 shown by Fig. t will not appear at the edge portions of the outer sole. A suitable filler may be inserted in the space 28 if desired.

Figs. 7 and 8 represent a top lift which may be formed by severing the outer sole at the line m, w, Figs. 1 and 2, said top lift lloleiilig adapted to be attached to an ordinary In L McKay sewed shoe a welt 17n (Fig. 6) may be laid on the seat 15 along the shank and fore portions, said welt being preferably thinner than the rand 25.

The fore part of the sole may be provided with a plurality of bosses l2a as shown by Fig. 9, the recess formed by each boss containing a tap.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A shoe provided with a sole having an upwardly projecting boss forming a raised seat and a tap-receiving recess, and a marginal portion forming a depressed seat.

2. A shoe provided with a sole having an` upwardly projecting boss forming a raised seat and a tap-receiving recess, a marginal portion forming a depressed seat and a tap secured in said recess.

3. A shoe provided with a sole havin at its heel part an upwardly projecting oss forming a raised seat and a tap-receiving recess, a marginal portion forming a depressed seat, and a U-shaped rand bearing on said depressed seat, the upper surfaces of the boss and rand being Substantially flush. 4. A shoe provided with a sole having at its heel part an upwardly projecting boss forming a raised seat and a tap-receiving recess, a marginal portion forming a de- .forming a depressed seat, a tap secured in said recess, and a rand bearing on said depressed seat.

6. A shoe comprising an outer sole having on its fore part an upwardly projecting boss forming a raised seat and a tap-receivingrecess, and a marginal depressed seat, a tap secured in said recess, an inner sole having its fore part bearing on said raised seat, the margin of the inner sole overhanging said depressed seat and being supported by the latter, and an upper, the marginal portion of which is also supported by the depressed seat.

7. A weltedl shoe comprising an outer sole having on its fore part an upwardly projecting boss forming a raised seat and a tapreceiving recess, and a marginal depressed seat, a tap secured in said recess, an inner sole having a channeled fore part, the lip of which is supported by said depressed seat, and an upper anda welt both'supported by the depressed seat and united to the said lip by the usual inseam stitches.

8. A shoe provided with a sole having two upwardly projecting bosses, one on the fore part and the other on the heel part, each boss forming a raised seat and a tap-receiving recess, marginal portions forming depressed seats outside said bosses,taps secured in said recesses and a U-shaped rand bearing on the depressed seat of the heel part, said bosses being separated from each other by the shank portion of the sole.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HARVEY F. CRAWFORD.

Witnesses:

G. F. BROWN, P. W. PEZZETTI.

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